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Quills

In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.

Director

Philip Kaufman

Year

Genre

biography, drama

Box Office

$7,065,332

Production

Charenton Productions,Fox Searchlight Pictures,Industry Entertainment,Walrus & Associates,Hollywood Partners

Awards

Nominated for 3 Oscars. 18 wins & 45 nominations total

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The Marquis de Sade

Madeleine

Coulmier

Joaquin Phoenix

Royer-Collard

Madame LeClerc

Billie Whitelaw

Delbené

Patrick Malahide

Simone

Renee Pelagie

Prouix

Valcour

Cleante

Pitou

Danny Babington

Dauphin

Bouchon

Charlotte

Elizabeth Berrington

Franval

Edward Tudor-Pole

Orvolle

Madame Bougival

Bridget McConnell

Mademoiselle Clairwill

Michette

Louison

Guerin

Daniel Ainsleigh

Abbe du Maupas

Gaillon

Mademoiselle Renard

Sister Noirceuil

The Horseman

Fop

Richard Mulholland

Napoleon

Pawnbroker

Sister Rose Fatima

Sister Flavie

First Vendor

Howard Lew Lewis

Second Vendor

Prostitute

Lunatic Band Member

Lunatic at Play

Lunatic

Footman

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Coulmier Madeleine

Do you know how I define idealism Monsieur Delbene - Quills

Do you know how I define idealism Monsieur Delbene

Then how can we know who is truly good - Quills

Then how can we know who is truly good

Your publisher says I'm not to leave without a new manuscript - Quills

Your publisher says I'm not to leave without a new...

Some things belong on paper - Quills

Some things belong on paper

Conversation like certain portions of the anatomy - Quills

Conversation like certain portions of the anatomy

This is a rare vintage from an obscure village in Bordeaux - Quills

This is a rare vintage from an obscure village in Bordeaux

You know you're not to entertain visitors here - Quills

You know you're not to entertain visitors here

Welcome to our humble madhouse - Quills

Welcome to our humble madhouse

It's not even a proper novel - Quills

It's not even a proper novel

It's only a play - Quills

It's only a play

He strung up His very own son like a side of veal - Quills

He strung up His very own son like a side of veal

I have a proposition - Quills

I have a proposition

Desperation has driven me past etiquette all the way to frenzy - Quills

Desperation has driven me past etiquette all the way to...

If you can't cure him - Quills

If you can't cure him

Doctor can I impart to you his cruelest trick - Quills

Doctor can I impart to you his cruelest trick

You prefer a book to your husband's company - Quills

You prefer a book to your husband's company

Growls Madeleine YOU ASKED MY NAME ONCE - Quills

Growls Madeleine YOU ASKED MY NAME ONCE

Virgin birth An entire religion built on an oxymoron - Quills

Virgin birth An entire religion built on an oxymoron

I didn't create this world I record it - Quills

I didn't create this world I record it

I write what I see The procession to the guillotine - Quills

I write what I see The procession to the guillotine

These chastity vows of yours How strict are they - Quills

These chastity vows of yours How strict are they

Don't tell me you've come to read my trousers - Quills

Don't tell me you've come to read my trousers

I won't sully my hands with him Nor should you - Quills

I won't sully my hands with him Nor should you

It's a potent aphrodisiac - Quills

It's a potent aphrodisiac

Are your convictions so fragile they cannot stand in opposition to mine - Quills

Are your convictions so fragile they cannot stand in...

You're not the Antichrist - Quills

You're not the Antichrist

If you're going to martyr yourself abb - Quills

If you're going to martyr yourself abb

But why must you indulge in his pornography - Quills

But why must you indulge in his pornography

If I wasn't such a bad woman on the page - Quills

If I wasn't such a bad woman on the page

Madame - Quills

There are certain feelings - Quills

There are certain feelings

Don't come any closer abb - Quills

Don't come any closer abb

Tell him I'm no fool - Quills

Tell him I'm no fool

Sign it quickly - Quills

Sign it quickly

My glorious prose filtered through the minds of the insane - Quills

My glorious prose filtered through the minds of the insane

Murderer - Quills

An innocent child is dead - Quills

An innocent child is dead

Your terrible secret revealed - Quills

Your terrible secret revealed

We produce books for the discriminating collector - Quills

We produce books for the discriminating collector

Listen to me abb - Quills

Listen to me abb

Some men are beyond redemption - Quills

Some men are beyond redemption

MARQUIS Beloved reader - Quills

MARQUIS Beloved reader

But in order to know virtue - Quills

But in order to know virtue

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In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.

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Director: Philip Kaufman

Writer: Doug Wright

Production: Charenton Productions,Fox Searchlight Pictures,Industry Entertainment,Walrus & Associates,Hollywood Partners

Genre: biography, drama

Year: 2000

MetaScore: 70/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: $7,065,332

Released: 15 Dec 2000

Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. 18 wins & 45 nominations total

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